Danish High Court Says ISPs Must Be Internet Policemen; Have To Block The Pirate Bay

from the keep-on-blocking dept

Earlier this year, we noted, with surprise, that a Danish court had ordered Tele2, a large ISP, to block all access to The Pirate Bay website. This followed an earlier ruling requiring Tele2 to block access to AllofMp3.com. It's never been clear why an ISP should take on the responsibility of blocking access to a site, and Tele2 appealed the ruling. Unfortunately, it looks as though the company has lost. The Danish High Court has apparently sided with the IFPI, and says that, indeed, Tele2 must block The Pirate Bay. Of course, this is unlikely to matter. Whenever these blocks are ordered, there are always ways around them, and the attention from the blocks tends to alert more people to the site's existence.

Reader Comments

So if I manage to download something illegal it is not really my fault as begin stupid my ISP should protect me. I would tend to think this put a huge liability on the ISP. Maybe the ISP can block virus and spam and anything that says anything bad about the government or the judges mistress.
By monitoring this line of communications can they monitor phone call in case I want to tell a friend the license key over the phone conversation, or tell some via a phone how to hack something or arrange an illegal activity?